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The Haurte~ ow'. 3Y "-rriE Konsss. utho~er of "Moicas" A Po Ma,"V cHArrz. . Slowiy and with dittculty they coax Sir Adrian back to life. Ringwood had insisted upon telling the old house keeper at the castle, who has been in the family for years, the whole story of her mlaster's rescue, and she, with taars dropning down her withered cheeks. has lel'ped Ringwood to remove his elothes and male him comfortable. She had also sat beside him while tho captain, stealing out of thi; houso like a thief, had galloped down to the vil lage for the doctor, whom ho had smuggled Into the house without awak ing any of the servant. Tis' caution and secrecy had been decided upon for one powerful reason. If Arthur Dynecourt should prove Suilty of being the author of his cous n's incarceration, they were quite de termined he should not escape what 9er punishment the law allowed. But e mystery could not be quite cleared up until tir Adrian's return to con sciousness, when they hoped to have some light thrown upon the matter from his own lips. In the meantime, should Arthur hear of his cousin's rescue, and know him self to be guilty of this dastardly at tempt to murder, would he-not take steps to escape before the law should lay its iron grasp upon him? All four conspirators are too Ignorant of the power of the law to know whether it would be justifable in the present cir cumstances to place him under arrest, or decide on waiting until Sir Adrian himself shall be able to pronounce either his doom or his exculpation. The doctor stays all *igh;, and ad ministers to the exhausted man, as often as he dares, the nourishment and od things provided by the old house k ener. When the morning is far advanced, Adrien, waking from a short but re freslung slumber looks anxiouslv aroun\d htig. Florence, seeing this steps 'aside. as though to make way for Dora to go closer to him. But Mrs. Tal ot, covering her face with her hands, turns aside and sinks into a chair. Florence, much bewildered by this strange conduct, stands irresolute be side the bed, hardly knowing what to do. Again she glances at the prostrate man, and sees his eyes restmg u u her with an expression in them tat makes her heart beat rapidly with sweet but sad recollections. Then a faint voice ails uion her ear. It is so weak that she is obliged to stoo" over him to catch what he :s try go say. Darling, I owe you my life!" With great feebleness he etters these words, accompanying them with a glance of utter devotion. How can she mistake his glance, so full of love and rapture? Perplexod in the extreme, she turns from him, as though to leave him, but by a gesturo he detains her. "Do not leave me: Stay 'with me!* he entreats. Once ag'i, deeply distressed. she looks at Dora. Mrs. Talbot, rising. says distinctly, but with a shamefaced hb asksyou. Beli.ev me, bj Uis side Is your proper place. not mine. Saying this, she glides quickly from the room, and does not appear again for hours. By luncheon-time it oceur- to the guests that Arthur Dynecourt has not been seen since last evening. Bingwood, carrying this news to the sick-room. the little rescuing party and their arriliaries, the nurse and doctor, lay their heads together, and decide that, doubtless, havmng discovered the escape of his prisoner, and, dreadinig arrest:Arthur has qutietly taken hrm self auff, and so avoided the trial and punishment whic would otherwise have fallen upon hun. Bingwood.is now of opinion that they hE tdunwisely in concealing - 'an....he -the others, they have ~given Dynecourt the oprtunity of getting away safely, and Wthout causing suspicion. "Is it not an almost conclusive proof of his gilt his running awavim this coadyfasfion?" says Ethel 'ViHiers. "1 tink pap a and Lady FitzAlmont and everybody should be told." So Ringwood, undertaking the office of tale-bearer, goes down-stairs, and, bring~ing together all the peoplestl -remiang in the house, astounds them' by his revelation of the discovery and release of Sir Adrian. The nearest maistrate is senat for, and the case being laid before him, co gether with the still further evidence genby Sir Adrian himself, who has tod them in a weak whisper of Ar thur's bein privy to his intention of - acing te hauinted, chamber for <Forence's bangle on that memorable 'dyof his disappearance, the mnagis *tteissues a warrant for the arrest of Arthur Dynecourt. .But It Is all in vain; even though two of the cleverest dete 've from Scot land Yard are pressed int the service, no tidings of Atur Dynecourt come to1liht A man answenng to his de scito, but wearing spectacles, had bentraced as har'ing gone on board a - 'esel bound for New York the very day after Sir Adrian was restored to -the world, and, when search In other quarters fails, even one falls into the ready belief that thi spectacled man was in reality the would-be murderer. So the days pass on. and it is now teamonth since Ringwood and oence cay-ied Sir Adrian's senseless form from the haunted chamber. and still Florence holds herself aloof from the man she loves, and, though quite as assiduous as the others in her atten tions to him, seems always eager to get away from him, and gladf to escape any chance of a Wct-4a-tete with him. This she does in defiance of the fact that Mrs. Talbot never approaches him ex .capt when absolutely compeilled. Sir Adrian is still a great invalid. The shock to his nervous system, the dragging out of those interminable hours in the lonely chamber, and the strain upon his pbhysical powers by the absence of nutriment for seven loing days and nights, had all combined to shatter a constitution once robust. He is now greatly improved in health, and has been rocomme~nded by his doctors to try a winter irn the south of France Heihows himself, however, strange lreluctant to quit his home, and, -whenever the subject is menti-oned, he Srst turna his eyes questionigy upon 1oence, if .1ze is prescint, and then, re iving no returning glance frombier dow'ncast eyes, sighs, and puts the mat ter from him. He has so earnestly entreated both Dora and Miss Delmaine not to desert ,i-i that they ha:re not hail the heart treruse, ann as ii npo' uso stay 1ng at the se. and Ethel Viliers as gamene ner rarners cor~sern; ase main. Mrs. Talbot acting as chaperon, thev are by no means a dall party. T'o-dar. the first time for ov a month. Fkorence,. going to her ea, 1, draws its cover away from the sketch thereon, and gazes at her wn:-d. How 1gpg ago it seems shice he sat thus. LLLVas thouigh1 its ver - tourbi -1 s her, ad. rousi! herSof w "bz. r se'f-Co tem ~from her sentii'ntal reg-rets. worS -s igoul t he S:ningV f abore' an our,ti,:w wkre she tiings heCr buhsao-eg to themr ngro., ~ s h knwsN The.re is nobotly hee us ow how ever, ex ;; Sr dria:.wo I~s looking rather tiri i and :11:r i Fthlel Vill iers. The latter,.wn Florence enter, gladly gati.ers 'u hir work and runs away to 1ave Ia tun-in tht gardeni with Capte..n Eingwood.E Florence, tihouh sorry for this (ee-a tWe that has bieei r :'-:: her, pits down c.lmly exnoug, i. taking uo a I book, pretrirs to re:ai alud z. tt Ad rian. But he stops he,. Put Iiz out his I hand, he quidtly hut. ar;y closes thea book. and tne! savs: t "Not to-day, E vrmce: I want to speak to you inst et "Anstl-~ you wi.-h." reposis F'ior enee steauLiy, thout;h1 !er heart is !.Cat ing hast:ily. "Are yon sorr that-thau my .unhap py cOinJ11 prCv Iso t :wori' h asks3 at la;"t. to":-.'n . y hss' jc with a good deal n:wuness. He I can not for"et wha nce she had lovod this miserale man. "One must naturally f that anything Iman '- !Ei 'i such an'aWfl n n . -tsh rr.'re gently. but wi-h the ': stnccr. Sir Adrian vrs Was he msaken then? Diri sle ee rely care for c the fellow, or t;s rof what Mrs. Talbot has i :as lorenc's "Slye" , he would nor believe that Vic pusweet, true face looking so stady into his could be guity of anything underhand or base. "'It was false that you loved him I then?" he qstions. .1Ilowing out th - I trati of hist own 'tuht rat her than the menn of her a'st words.C "Tha, I lovei 'M7. Dynecourt'" she re'eats in ac'arnent, e.r eor rsling. .W m- t an e'x r Iea to cone Into your head: N: it' arythin!. I cou- c fess I feit for vour emu'in nothing but "Then, Fiorenn, wht has come be treen qsY' he exe'm , eiring her hrnd. "You o known t IFt., I lo ed you inyi "'F -1o. Nay, long before last season : to a close; and' then I belie-f-o.gig my presum, - tiont-that Tou too io' mo." Your be'lief r.':; true qe.' she re turns ckimiv tears staning ITI her beautiful eves. -ut- you. v our own act. sevcrea us." "I did?" "Yes. Nav. Sir Adrin. be honest In your dliNs with meas I am with you, and confess the truath." "I don't know what you maear,' de cla:-es Adrian. in utter bewilderment; I 'you would tell re that .you think it was some act of mine tht-that ruined my cha-ice ith you'" "You knov it was--reproachfully. e "I know nothing of the kind"-hotly. E "I only know that I h::e alw.ys loved I you and only you. and that I shall never love .nothr.C "You forgt--Dora Talbov" says Flre-nce, in a very low tone. I thnKI Sir AdriT.n. your late ooldnems to her La. beU neitLer kind nor iust." 'I have never beon either colder or warmer to Dora Talbot than I have X42 to any ethaer rdL nSInI ncs oil mine I ret=rns rian, with consideraile excitemen. re is surely a terrible mistake some where." "Do von mean to tell me," says Flor ence, rising in her agitation, "t'hat you never spoke of love to Pora?" "CertainIT I spoke of love-of my love for vou." 'b dclares vehemently. "Thab ycu shall suppose I ever felt any thing for Mrs. Tal bot but the most or dinarv friendship seems incredible to I me. TJo you, and y ou alone, my heart has been given niany a day. R{ot the vaguest tendierness for any other wo- C man has come bet ween my thoughtsi and your image since first we met." t "yet there was your love-letter to H her-I read 't with my own eyes!" de-( clares Floren.itly. "I n r wi~rote Mrs.ahxalb ) li'me in esays Sir Adrian, more and more piurzled. "You will tell mae next I did not see you kissing her hand in the imne-walk 1 last September?" nursues Florence, flushing hotiy with shameo and indigna- 1 tion, "You did not," he declares vehement ly. "I swear it. Of what else are you going to acuse me? I never wrote to her. and I never kissed her hand.'' "I i better for us not to discuss this matter any longer," sarsMiss D~elmaine, rising from her 'seat. "And for the future I can not--will not-read to you here in'The morning. Let us make an end of this false friendship now at once and forever." She moves toward the door as she speaks, but he. closely following, over takes her, and, putting his bacleaainst the door, so bars her egress. Hie has been forbidden exertion of any kind, and now this unusual excite ment has brought a color to his wan cheeks and a briliancy to his eyes. Both these changes in his appearance however only serve to betray the actu al 'reakness to which, ever since his cruel 'mprisonment, he has been a vic tim. Miss Delmaine's heart smites her. She would have reasoned with him, I and entreated him to go back again to t his lounge, but he interrupts her. "Florenice do not leave me like this. ne pleaus mn an unpassioned tuone. "You are laboring under a dalusion. Awane rrcom vos1 aream, i lunplore you, t and see things as ther' really are." "Iamnawnke. and ? do se things as 2 the-v are," she ropin sadly.a "Mvy darling, who can have poisoned your mind against me'- she sa~s, in I deep agitatien. At 'ls moment, finanswer to C his qusstion the door lead ing into the I conservatory at the othe~r side of the t room is pushed open, and Dora Talbot "Ah. here is Mrs. Talbot," exclaims d Sir Adrian eaigerly; "she will exonerate t me." He speaks with such full assurance I of being able to bring Dora forward as 8 a witness in his defense that Florence for the nirst time, feels a strong doubt thrown upon the'belief she has formedr of is being a monster of fickleness. C "What is it Ilcan do for you?" asks a Dora, in some confusion. Of late she 11 has grown vexr shy of being alone with. either him or Flore~nce. "'You will teli M iss D'eimaine," replies o Adrian quickly. "that I never wrote p you a letter ~and that I certainly did not-you wiiforgive my even mention Ing this extr-aoroinary supposition, I c hope, Mrs. Tabot-kxi your hand one dasi In E.eptemiber ithe'lime-walk.' thora turns first not and then cold, Ic frst crimson and then deadly pale. So 1: it is all ouat now, and she is on her a tial. She feels like the veriest crimi- ' nal brought to the bar of justie. Shall il she nron~ptly deny everything, or- No. 1 She las had enough of deceit and in- E trigue. Whatever it costs her, she will e now be brave and true, and confess all. i~ "I do tell her so," she says, in a low t tone, but yet firmly. "I never received s a letter from you, and you never kissed 'Dora"' cries Florence. "What arer -o aig Have you forgotten ali "Spre e"'entreata Dora hoarsely. In an .our, if you yl~li come to my room, I w!ll explain all, an~d you can then 's'urn me, anid nut rme outade the I pae of vornt friendslii if vou will, and as I well dr-erve. ,uht. for the pres Lt. acespt my nssurance that no love passges ever cecurredl between me and ., Bir Ad~rrin and that I amtf fully per suaded his heart has been givna to you alone ever since your Ers meeting.* j "Florence,. you belieye her?" ues-e tins Sir Adriajn bcseecThilv. It is :aru wh~at she has s;'m. T love you 'levot'di'. If vou will not miarry rme., no other ~womah shall e-'er b'e ray wife. Mv b&eloe. take pity on mie:" s Trust in him, irivo vourself freelY tc~ him withuout fear' uries Dora, with a 11 '"o. "He is altog'-ther worthy of you." So saying, she escapes from the room.s r~wi g'oes up tho stoirs to her owr. I apartment wreni:g hitterlv. f "Is Eiere anv'hobe for me?" asks Sirs Adrian cf Fiorenc whenl they are t again alone. "Darling. answer me, dc you-an you love me? , eno dnco i U 1Qroa voice,i ut z thought-I feared-oh. howl nuch I have suffered!" "Never mind that now." rejioins Sir kdrian very tenderly. He has placed tis arm round her, and her head it 'esting in happv contentment uoon hip ircast. "For ifie future, my dearest. ou shall know neither fear ior suffer ng if I can prevent it." * * * * * * They are still murmuring tender vordsof love to each other, though a :ood half hour has gone by, when a toise as of coming footsteps m the con ervatory attracts their attention, and r sently Captain Ringwood, with hit rm round Ethel Villiers's waist, comea lowly into view. Totally unaware that any one is In he room besides themselves, they ad rance. until, happening to lift their yes, they suddenlv become aware that heir host and Miss Delmain are re parding them with mingled gances of urprise and amusement. .nstantly hey start asunder. "It is--that is-you see-Ethel, you xplain," stammers Captain Ringwood At thisboth Sir Adrian and Florence >urst- out laughing so merrily and so teartilv that all constraint comes to ir end and, finally Ethel and Ring ood, joining in the merriment that ias been raised at their expense, vol miteer a full explanation. 'I think." says Ethel, after awhile, ooking keenly at Florence and he" ,est. "you two I . St &S guilty as WO to. 'Don'tthey, George?" "They seem very nearly as happy. at 11 events," agrees Rin gwood, who, ow that he has confessed to his hav n;- been just accepted by Ethel illiers "for better for worse," is gain in his usual gay spirits. "Nearly? you might say quite," says ir Adrian iaughing. ",Plorence as we ave discovered their secret, I think it ill be only honest of us to tell them urs." Florence blushes and glances rather hyly at Ethel. "I know it," cries that young lady, la-ppn-her hands. "You are gomg to narr Sir Adrian, Florence, and he is ing to marry -oo'" At this they all laugh. "Well, one of those surmises could tardly come off without the other," ob erves Rin-wood. with a smile. "So -our second gues was a pretty safe ino. If she is right, old man'-turn ng to Sir Adrian-"I congratulate you oth with -ll m. heart." "Yes, she isqcuite right." resnonds 'ir Adrian, directirg a glance full of rdent love upon Alorence. "What houild I do with the life she restored to e unless I devoted it to her service?" "You see, he i!, riarring me only out f gratitude," snv 1lorence, smiling rehly, but large tears of joy and glad e-ss sparkle in her lovey eyes. Whon Florence ,Inds her way, at the piration of the hour. to Dora's room, he discovers that fair little widow dis olved in tears, and inded sorely per lexed and shamed. The sight o? Flor nce o::17 seems to rendr her grief note pofgnant. and vhen her cousin, iting her am reund her, tries to con ole her, she oniy responds to the caress )y lingi herself upon her knes, and rraying her to forgrTe her. And'then tha whole trvth oemes out. L1 the e6ty, man. nnderaa w da all re- l flei, al the oarfl :pken I enes. all the fals re yorts are brenrht inte light aad laid 5are to the i-orr-'ied tyee of Tlorence. D~ora't een&ion is UiCrough and 30tplett inr evsery se. Not 1m any xa-, does she seek to zbieid herself, or >allate her own share in the deception )racticed upon the unconscious girl ow regarding her with looks of amaze nent and deep sorrow, but in bitter ilence. When the wetche'd stor.y Is at an md, and Dora, rising to he'r feet. det iares her intention 'of JewingEngland orever. Miss D~elmnine s!*.nds like one urned into stone. and says no word ither of censure or.rerret. vora, weepmng violenltly, goes to rtne loor, but, as her hand is rnied' to coen r we n'resure unou tne genus near5 f Flor'ence is suidenly removed, and ni a little ginrg voice she' bids her 'ora r:-mainis qita dti . her eyes ynit upon~ the Mvr, aiting to h,ear ir cou.r's w'rds cf just "emldemna ion:; ex-'-ting oi!y :o hear the ;rath ng norzs of scorni w'h ntet he br cu mn will bid her begone friom her sight or evermaoro. Buit enddnly ehe feels we soft arms elorse around hecr. and lorence, burstin iiv nto tea'rs. lays her uad upon her shou~lder. -Oh,'Dora, how could ran do it!" she alters, and that is all. Nevor, either hen or afterward, does another sen ence of reproach pass her lips; and )ora, forgiven anid taken back to her ousin's friendship, endeavors earnest y for the future to avoid such untruth ul paths as had so nearly led her to ter rin. Sir Adrian, fromn the hour in which ts dearest hones were realized, recoy rs rapidif bosh his health and spirits; nd soon a double wedding takes p lace, hat makes pretty Ethel 'Xiliers EtheI tingwood anid beautifful Florence Lady )yneourt. A winter spent abroadt with his harmnig brido comuplotely restores Sir tdrian to his former vigorous state, .nd when spring is crowning all the nd with hecr fair flowers, ho returns o the castle with the intention~ of re Qaining there until the coming season tean& his presence in town. And now once r.galn there Is almost he same party brough't together at necourt. Oki Lady FitzAlmont and ~idv Gertrude are here again, and so .re aptain and Mrs, Ringwood, both he gayest of the gay. Dora Talbot is ere too. somewhat chstened and sub ued both in manner and expression, a han ge so much for the better that she nds 'her list of lovers to be longer now han in the days ofyore. It is an exqu'isi te, 'almy day In April. he sun is shinuig hotiy wIthout, .rinking un greedily the gentle shower bat fell half an hour ago. The guests, ho with their host and hostess have en wandering idly tharough tho rounds, decide to go in-doors. "It was on a day like this, though in utum.n, that we first missed Sir Ad ian," remiarks somue one in a half tone nfidntia.lly to some one else, but net o low that the baronet could not hear "Ys," he says q-vickly, "and it wa Lst oter there"-poistimg to :a clump f shrubs near the~ ball door--thatI arted with that unfortunate cousin of Lady Dynort shudders. and draws leosr to hecr husbnd. "It was 3. marve'ous story," observes pr.tywomavn whoa. was not at the estl lst autumrn, when what so near r proved to be a t'agedy vwas being en fed; oit ..a rlgend or a miedio al romiance. ' 'Layv Dynaecourt nding him a wh a~i hnnv tinish to ;. I 'st sav ' ae alvlas had the reaiet vencile fi or those haunted hambers. so s-:Mom to be found now i any house. Perhaps my regard for dem is the stronger because I never "N?" questioningly. "Will you come nd see ours now. says Sir Adrian eadily. Hiswiie clasps his arm, and a pang ntrcha her brow. "Yu are not frightened now, sure /' snyv; Adrin smiling at her very mderly. "Yes, I am." she resp rmds promptly. Te vere name of that ari r'oomuun erves mn. The*re is somrething ev-il in I believe. Do no go~ there?. 'T1l block it np f''ever if you wish declares Sr Adria; "hut, for the st time Th it eo and shoiw its glhost i at tLady Laugzhton. 1 cozfess, nanter all that has hajpcxd. it ossesse's no' terror for mme; a; only re u~ndsi me~ of ray unpleasant kinisman." " wenKr what became of him," re arts 1jng vood. "Ies at the other id o the world, I should imogine." "Out of the world, at all events," says "Wel, let us5 go,a agrees Florence re igndiv. So together they all staurt once more or the old tower. As they reach the tone stens Sir Adrian says laughingly s- Lady t.aughton: "Now, what do you expect to ee? A a. - :~ *." a v ersLady Ia4gh, tou, rern s laugh"; and with the wo' ev dIoOr is iuseopeu, and the; ener the r)o9m e. ua ls - erer r wS - Adrianls 1alost lifees 1a1 K .!~ iren' immt~i? Its this Stbrain? What is tL : . i he. lying in a ha p-a "h:' . lb liithy heap, heaor a wir ahi aj s? \And why dIes tins a . smell infect their nostriis? T1L-, -:iggr. Even t strong mmg ~eadfit for ther e. fe a - :: saunt awful, Lddy Laugh Uton " 1e!*.- words have come trula i'- s cp idced me ets thir ;4trike AI rme. Airi--.n, bA ' hurriedly asked one of tM e f 't to remove Lad- pnr* : 'h frends, he and C rke-1ed to ex erhine thei grewome -: it:at ]ies uap on the o1r t h :e profss to each oti.cr ttri rnce of what it can Ie te.r A theirhearts a Is this 'to b, the ; wi of the 'knystery? Tnl hr! s-"n 'E- 3Ni mgwood whenshehori:Maisit: A rthrDyne court as h-in ra '. h for i is hi, remai t zy re bendig over, as a, fewj le s-:t tere:1 Phou* testify C iaht in 1' lain' -rave he had dCOY1:ie foC:le i w:'asx Atur. Drucm~rten tu ni.1)f MrAtlan's his Z'n ;,T:11 ILI I~ ~~ :rro las Is coverv, j1ha1 h 'inii:cned im. Then~fo!!h:w :j s- !-f the1 fatal lock an~d i-i-,7sn~ On rec1v- ,:m: his "woon, he had no da * niure trred-fold more tor'res than ha the iunocent Sir Adrian, a his conscIence mu-st hat-e oe nea l 'ycacking and tearingiim. And not ton soon c-;r could the miserable end hav e E panag he had designed for tm was his. Not one was spare .? oi ar.d hner and the ragi feur f h were his, and withal a h eeess:zssa mor intol erable thlan mf t e.c-:. homessness that mrt have gro'wn in strength as the interminable his went by. Ard then came death-an awful In gering death. whilst iho lot',em rats h1ad anIhed the Yor which star vation and d-:?th h hweun. anad now all that remained to Arlun Dynecourt wast a hf-n p !I',n 'Phey h.sh t 1 a .r up as we6! as the, ~ca.,4 it 's ma"ny das before Forence a: r iasha r man' of their guesfor tereadul hour in wiach the8 a 'ee- the unsightly remains uf him '::n i. been ov'ertak en by a just PaI s!rn retribution. TH r.ND. The North Caroli-::Altinne. It is learned from the ojicfr:c f the State Farmers' Allia'e of Not - Carclm that there have be'n issued ninety-three chartcrs to Com.y A111 arees. and two hnmdreL and seven Sub-Alliances, of which lat te .Ly thirty-two have Ae; retuneA the counties sare AllevUg'iy, Dre and New Haven have conty organ zation. Wake leads in 'hs n'um.r of Sub-Alliances, having fifty-saver, Chathan covain next with fift-wo. The gain in memabershir i thi e pa.t y'ear has beeon over 16,1000. ThSt-t business agency of th A c is doing* e-n ieInselw work. furnished two Sub-lliances tins sea son 12,000 tons of its special fertih liner, and its sales of other supiis, mainly provasions. average $40.000 per month. The State busine:agent says that the effect of the sale of special brands of fertilizers maede for the- Alliance at a special ra~te hasr sulted in a decline of prices chaarged for the brands, and he stimiat cs to~ this season alone the business ne e has saved the farmers over ha]! a mil lion dollars inithe matter of fertilizers aone. Disqwalifed Votert. At the last sesmton of the Legisl. tueau Act was passed p.roviding for a mode of aseertaing the namesc of registered vot er.,econvicted of di squali fring crimes. The cPerh: of the court is required. on er before the tift.:enth day of October. 1890. ig furnish its supervisor of registration with a cm pet~e list of all male persons convict ed of treason. murder, robbery, or dueling, from the 10Lh day of Ardl, 1SGS, up to the first day of January, 1883, and of all persons convicted of treason, murder, burglary, larceny, perjury: forgery. or any other infs. mous crime, or duoling, sinlc:e the first day of January, 1883. All such reports must be accomapanied by the certinieate of the clerk. So is every Trial Justice required to make out under his hand and seed a cerilied list of all male persona convicted be fore him, or such of his prede cessors whose trial docket is in his possen sion, of petit larceny, and such re port must be submitted to the euper vsor of registration on or before the ffteenth day of October. In case any trial justice goes out of office, he shall furnish such list immediately upon retiring, up to the date of going out of ofilee. GOOD-BYE JTO JUTE. A Augusta Lawyer Inom Hachineryt4 Make Cotton Btagging; Ont af Cot te Stalks Auostn Ga., April 2It.-Will ii E. .Jackson, a well imown lawyer c/h this city, has solved theC jute' beggitfag problem that has aagaitated cotton c.' oil eles for so long, Jackson has perief ii ed mechanical applianices for umk e bagging from cottion stalks. anad.'g has just returned from New iY cc wthIL a.ol of bag ing. Expert cotton maen: say that its m in every respect equa to tctogg- Cn ging. He will buy the bare p h from the farms atnd can aftord iUN ca1 abou~ $2 a ton laid dlown. Anr' a d st"dk ytid will hal~e thre'. ye L'oi- cif ton crop. The mael'inery co; -s* tnt heavy -o!rui~ced roller' w'i lia ?? M runing wa I.r.. carding21, mhang AIt( baggin:.t looms it is esim I'I h in nmking bagging' froma eott~l~ two million dolars'~ annuallyi a).3 put into the pockets of fa Ps fom what is rnow; cleared from ' 'eSa 0..~i an e..:pense. Augusta wr~.il be headui the company 's mill 0.' U which will exten r~om. o Texas. Jackson had th jute baging~ looms of J' Patersona, N. J., and het tla.M e ports proua'uL.e it a equ .tae l. - rival. Cotton at alk lan-' le edS Ct' inflammable 'and is onha2de ad- 1)o r than jute. C'otton here aro Ue ubilant. k 1.l Southern 7'riy.n Mr. John C. Calhg who has just returned to New Y mO a tip through the Southjs tnere~ tive speculation g on mn r&te tate at advancng/Cs' cubh moro money is in South fr- m sv. To th o p'P hy are raisin'!" -* "" - plies at home- 71i4. "yL reeTea from coticon ~ ' . ments. Ihis (k"'GO Jenkins-- C thought you4 r wu ta de 'he omic pa:per ' ied ad .:aea me. r COL0IX OF E R. XCE.~ C-. "R CP RESENTATIVE AR;- ZZ A 1-C OL U 10,B 1A LL~ I 'S ACL "uws1uO l n of t~~: Li' ~AL~f W ''1 ~t~C~b~, LA 111 1a*L *,')I).!. ~)a-, i n, -tt NV.- u *~~-e \ r: ' lei: 'T I I. raed itr. -at f~ie5 of sdi,~Ql e-fOrv j~ooJ! ;.&I. B lInocratic. f:.es.zhing -no P 9 YI.Vgan iit,o -e-c.o of (s*7.r SitX1/ V* JQC-I SirO to -pro-.cj-t tu'~.~ o I'Domi mnocrfaLc voen~' mi .~ed ask for this ie.!fIA/. J-.ht' * connidence placedI 't 1,~ -ce. for was~teful ex 01"e- 1W' CO.-iIII)tion. Our -! M'C not so'cd? ?1. '~~ (t.L-~tile pQmrtY ClAhn 47'~3r "i~e-~ne ot.fthe Ior .fiic~ 1 c ot "brilitted their ofDcc. iD rtic ao;en 1i o n, but u poni ?c? t011jre it s. -'h !oLQrLm f OLr pa rt ~ f~ .;oer"(r ;,. %y Ii1T1d o :,U C-:.,,, C-.niu.-, cohfllIttee, Propose to fI Ce ZIl. 10 Cr(11datf? upo-n tI~cStat ij~ocrt -.Vn~tiOn iu thczun f mr.h rmors of South Crh'.in t'us~depirture fom Urual .1tthoam, m in ~udgment ahoro iS an imnncv&tihon p'~nat wi;th wr S&t Udanger wo 4.1ea nr'mad harmony of th1s Dcmocza ti n y. Consc-lOus" of' the fact that t]Lit mi &'t vn nert of our jntitution'.Vpend upon thoa solidity Of ta.e pa , e iwwith 1 tho grenm.fest tbPPji'en5KO= the doiaarz tiOES ofA ttbC ruvi sin. which, in our cpnion. Yiff~tri asrainst Caste ~nddi~din thpii p~plc -Ldan-Ij LEFT NAKED O THEiR ENEMiES -re I~r ru i , n;.. ' s , fh- t b-w y :4h 4.'.. ~ g . : LL 'n t o, ne c.. the pr iA. ive week Ag a&1 i ^Nu set emi~ oif a car rjival Ith.abe'.a to-r t* pn-L( an beatifli-naed en rtinm.ied~ Mr.- and1 4rn. H 1e ,rnished the emi'aureb GIwIIch hadI th< auenhtamma'i't in charge. rill- *. . ~ *( '3 he ''-:1 n.. hom* bfore go. U-r ni D in l henl thek et~an: f-]( on te laqt act. he or-adies ware i~rified when in. iermed that theyr ce it iske he cemsfro!': :he bIdn. ra yr lis w m ed to gc hei:-s prosttrated the four hun dred. M i n o nair Places. A Cicag man, in repiimng an ol a. foundi amnon'g olter articles thai had slipped betee v e ack an It je ty-eight mat(hes. Thr (v'--nrY i- not a 'vrynpo tant one but i- points the morul that if les! reehs carelessness was used in thi pro~mineous scatt::,ring of these litti agents of combustion, there night be So mAch* monetony about the pbrae in the daily papers: "The origin o the fre could not be satiifactorily as certained." NEWS FOR NEOROES. Marrors of the Eigrans Lire in the i.iissippi Dena-A Footsore Emigrants Return Jome After Sad TrJaLs. Thrilling experc-nees fi North Carolina negro emigrants in Missi:+ sippi which miore than rind the dis Closure IOf Gergia prisom li by the New York World, were relzted to a Chroniele reporter by one of the es caped captives. On last Friday afternoon. aive negrc men arrived in Charlotte foot-sore, tired. and la-gry. They had wa all te1v~ by ~ ak. fway from the Delta of th' Msssippi River..iust below Jac on, Mis'itsippi, since Febraary 15tL without any food save that which they begged. They said they freruently went without food for two or three days. and when thCy arrived in Charlotte they bad had nothing to eat for three days At one time tbey fazted four daym. Jomep. Frank Pric, George 4h. David Young, and Richard Ckennons, are the names of th- five who escaped from the tortures of thu negro pen of the Delta of the Maisis 1ippi. They aro enigrant who Iarted romKnonill, Tenn.. on the 9th of last May, and came by Char lotte and Atlanta, gathering recruiti 111 the way to the latter place. About ifty went from this; cityadwe :he train left Atlanta thers we:. nine ~ar loads. According to Henry Jonecs, one of he:ecaped piarty, they were carried .o the Misissippi at a point just be ow Jackson, by rail, and then arried tcrecs by steamer. *When landed on he( other side they were mairched to saw mill and turpentine farm in the 2c0ta, at a short di.stauce from the This farm of ab)out 400) acres was nclosed by a fence 22 feet imb. buut if slabs from the saw mill. The1 no roes were marched in.side. and the rates were locked. They were giveua day to look around and becom~e ac tuainted with their uroundings but .ere told that ihe mius ri*th ext morning at the sountd of the ugle. At 4 o'clock the bugle 9oLtLded, nd every one that did not rise 'i iediately w as flogged wit h a ow ide in the hands of the wht over eers. According to Henry's story, which e told in a straightforward niamner. ith evidenece of truth in hi-, demean r, the negroes were subjeened to all tanner of cruelties. The womnen -eegvnatask of one-hialf an acre rttplelogs and buru brush. If :ey failed to complete the~ task they -rc fogged by the overseer.s. The ten were given tsks by the half-day. thediferntoccupatiores connected ihtesaw ill and distllery; and they fa'led they wor~e tiogged at Jon and at night. Henry says that a num~ber of them as whipped every d.y. They were At allowed to it anything about teir treatment to. any on1e oitide Spen. They were req.uire'd to work onm 4 o'clock in the morning until irk in the c~venng. with ant hour and half for 'Teiner. Theyv were pro d~ed with rude hats. furnshed with id madVe of guano sacks for ticking "dde ith straw'. They were d 'r. *earu ma., peas. and cornj ud nof their wa nts were sup i out of tie commrissatr. Their agesi were paid theinil checks which ''re good for anything~ at the comn iLsary no cash Z beii paid them1 itil the fall, ar0 :then the cheeks :r.eshed forA married raen o.nl-. Ucery says nno attention was paid zUa ::ick. they~ beingleft to the' care :iIe :smxall children. Medicine uld b biaht at the commiussary. it no. physician was provided to ad inister it. Many of the negroesI nsequenotly did f ro ~n the lack o-f -atm en. bmut now ones~ wele co:? itly enming in. After ona yecar's prisonmentb in th1e pen they were-~ to transferrted tc anpother1 farm wherd. re et wa t~ b. give~n theml. iInry and fI othe frends. anl ef iom vLet f33Lm Knxi~l'. could not Lidt the Ltrean a ye ar. and they mean~i of a n'otehed' pole.,aa thran.' who1( was inljuredi byV fail'"I m~S'Spi the waa acprd 'Th ier esaped cbEand. p.dd tho Sa te give irt L35 incek uheto acros the river Th dantt. helbe. r~ '~ Il ea fe w our after birth. and the -ne ulyexpects to be able shoe. 3 C Iingled. g ? I hwrdon a'c'ensim him of vhi I. aihlav hit or which Wii.T1* '- -J.' i, sich o aedhs efsi ek. THE AUD T OA THC CONFEDER r1 . r i 1e ote t M lii. I .- w t 1 Or.LI C. ma oe~ it veyhne t rin eeo a.i e* d ~e- of ilie Wrcehn.- .Dvs - uldst d o' oJ u- J,1 . ny, i gen fi imt -olg r. CiCA -t:n Lnoe oralng im i w.Sgace '11 to 'll' bein r vt: b -(t 4a uoeosib t lly ot ti.- :tj e-.i:, te. Isto plle lut.it was that:1en..r Wie of o 1ro urua d ?xsn:dr:1 to e s wh agir tor -111 *..'a -U 11J.1evo of the Reblh~on. T e l14,k t i-Dan toa e bt haalfos ad to wh fforty wth dorn to b repeatd nere, but t L etorg f et. insos patage i co 4) ativc& un~kniown. IH. c~ i SoT of John isloiamore ae proi ijeit liguve W, local hi-stur iwd t h.c .g a l; the Rev. o itsuc J L. The namtai of t hee R Re. e Ma bl on f the brit . gweS in tle abolio sky for he wos the ;whoneer bieh eir* risonf herso Pt iipla al Lolig fellow, ind the great wrork of the ah* litio of slavery. Noi only in the ktd bStates, but in Europt also, dtre fight for the abolition etause. In .-at Bitin nsneially Mr. Ma le-nured upon ilkiyso, audi. e 1iCuS After his rohi to S ra use nL Mthay cotin.ed to be very zwiof tend prominet in praoitin ~~~n~~~ B Fe~tsaev coi.R oonb~ c fao e fir d wlw t as fei:r ie--i ~ ~ ~ m Ud .oprmsabotiuo. ison ~, Emers ondPiilps and ongo fello -,ine to Pna for protectio did he fght a or the never came i. lat u ie asuponlad nny to escane. 'uo- them bcin- the celebratytU Ja ndprom wise liberation e ate stcsa ,ensa on. the anniwers c of kwbi ar wad w-lebrated for &vr a~l vcars. As ahe nmr-m-s o the abohtioni.6 Chnad, before the d fclaraon of t were vioHntly asiled in Boston and amng themling the meeghre, loht itHenny, proe aibrio cr ty of hc mos influebrialeo genter-n As St e metigshl of thwoltomt werlyfre t ihioerdeclartsoneo ar were vrintyasaie inf4ht Bostoand ea fretl reques r a to pre- h v:htthlhing of at metng hneti, letisould i c pokela hi wen oty of thEeveost ientia toentlehMen of~v Syracuse. nearl half eofwhtom wer creiy inform:d. Bhaorganzedo hoipung o the abliioonventrionr toneo lthe severe test tol which Mfr. Slay hadhbired for th~e convention. and he was: roughly used, the mneet irg being prevented and Mr. May was, burned in e'figy in Harnover square. It was not long afterward that the firing upon F~ort Sumter put an end to suc-h proceedingsin the free States. It is this mian's grandson who is to wed the "Daughter of dhe Confeder acy. The story of the courtship is most romantic. Miss Winnie Davis came North. some four years ago toviaitDr. Thomas Emory, of the firm of D. McCarthy & Co., in this city, It was her tirst visit to this old abolitionist sitronghold, and she was consequent ly quite anxions to meet the society in dyrai~o. At one of the re eeptions given in her honor she waa introtdu:edl to Mr. Alfredi Wilkinson. It will be remembered that Miss Winie received a very cood ieception in ene~ or t wo houses here, aud this| treatment of the "Daughter of the Conf'-deracy" is said to have brought her and Mr. ilkinsen in very close reatien:s. H~e resented the coolness showa her and gallantly champicned her causeC. The friendship thus en gendered between themn blossomed into love in due time. Miss Winnie later on vweit to IEurope with a cous in of hrs, and is still there. Mr-. Wilkinxson somec t wo months aigo croQs-edi the ocean to w-oe Mis Davis, and spent several weeks with her sightseeing ;n the continent andj prossing his suit. When he returnedi tywere betrothed. Mr. Wilkinson is a bright and promising yourng lawyer here, abouft twenty-eight years of age. Hi-s law partner is Mr. Aloer-t Hey. Thei v~usine-s is aibiost entirely coniinedi to Ipabent cases- Their income is guite fair, buit Wujkinson is not a rich man1. IL. is a love match. The youicg mantt how-ever, moves in the very best society here- and stanids high in th ast~maitioni of the. connnmunity-. The aecual? time for thiCe eddinghas .i-'t- een se.Out it is undetPrs:ood) :t th dat -:-ill b- im the nxear Pu ure t is t vaguely Linted that here s o -r re~e conne'I1Hcia bet-m : uoen tri and~ the w'edai g raonss.eau. W htr or not an'ss >i. it is.eieved that some <- he it kJ.:-e e st-iL in bis~ul igno.ance ~i theu a':.ir. Among the few eried >f Mr. Wilkinson ..ore who know tha be~ wed ding is an c sured fact there s the retest si. rt-. Thakt the erae ntative chijPren of' the Nor-th ad ~e South sheuld iloss. comietoeh ris. to Q'hi like *Lhe rixted love of iod, --urpassing alE understandi --It is pretty well understood that tomgramantu~ Crisp. of Georgia, will e 0ee o the House Conmmittee a ~Rule tu the vacanicy caused by --Anstin, Texas, has decided to reet th~ greatest dam in the r nited states ove-r the Coloradto ri -. R will co'?t $1l.i0,00 and afford .000 I.orse-pocwer. --A CadP.fornian iaised thirtv tons ( ca i'.t on vc acres of land this '* ITEMS OF INTEREZT. -The Watin tower. which will be em.-M . L q::do)n a:;i oVarJ>p th fromr 2 a d .sh of i.k -t d is quLita a erisay. -A n.dL1icai of F.in's phtno. graph is said to hb.ve ben devised Vy a painter l' .'-a. i co. and.'; 420 wnd tie y: yncr r- repro,1 d.eed7 mirr thegAvano-plaspti.n process at a cout of ct acn.sei mng piCe. -it:tioi 2hYts hr., being ciren lat-d through the country. dEgrei or ulti- I t -n to t b m Ph''iaelpia. -Of th- 10,000 dimond cutier at AILs~td ~ Who are il Jews. 7, 000 ark Ftded to be ,ow without .Vo0" as; the; principal Iam cuI Ji ..-ihments have C-4dL eration in consequonce of thc enor mous rise in the price of raw dia monds5. -Mauri( Schcr-r, . well knowt travelling ma~n represetz itgBez . Brow.. of BLdtimore. d'eti .a Ford': Hotel. Richmond. on Monday of over doses of laIanutm taken to induce slep, not.with suicidal intent. -The steamer "i-lboa" fron(:1 Griis-y. April z. fo- .La.dn ha. been lost In the -t Sea. Fifte--n -A conference held in Berlin has decided that in Gem~ny children shall not be employed uldr 12 y-ars I of ago, and then only four hours a dsy up to 14. WIoxmein an.d elildren not to be employed in mines; and work ing on Sunday is to be prohibited for womi'Len and children. -A etep in a laudable direction has been taken by M. Krupp of Essen, the well known gun-maker, who has given a sum. of -500,000 mark as a fund out of which advances may .be made to workmen who are desiroua of buying dwelling housics. He has also established a echool house-keep. ping for the benefit of the daughters of his workmen. -A Kansas woman presents the atrango anomaly of being the legal wife of two Iuibends. Mrs. Allen of Onawsto.ie was divorced from her husband axd raarried a Mr. Ricketta. Her Iirst husband has had the de sree of divor'e set aside, and now the lawyers are trying to settle 'which of her husbands shall buy her spring bonnet. -Pofessor Watson. secretary and treasurer of the Agricultural College. at Starkr'lle, Miss., committed sui cide there on Monday by shooting himself through the heart. His books are all correct. LARD AND PHOSPHATE. 9meno )C.:axrks on tihe cmener Bill am& e a the 2311 ze Tax :?slhbario Acid. There is a great commotion raised about the Conger Lard Bill through. out the South. That this commotion is hased upon a mistake can be easily demonstrated. The Southern far mer wi.n no: be injured by the Con. ger bill, on the 'contrary he will bE 1st. By being able to buy Corn poundLardat islgtmt au rob-; him of from one to two millons 2nd. By showing the real merit of his splendid vtearble oil, which sold under its proper n~ame will compete with any culinary oil upon its mnerits and demand a higher price and a lsrger market. For futher particulars..see Ntional Farm and Fireside. You~r att'ention is also die to the attempt of the Southern fs i er, on his ferti]izer supply. Do what you can to ston this ste. The oil businesa s s the mnanufao turers of cotton oul only$10000- he makes a proit of $5.o00,00, on the oil, and from one to two millions on the compound sold. On the question of fertilizers the South will lose not less th~an $,000, 000 to $4,000.000 more. Which is the most imuportant? In behalf of the farmers, I appea.l for your aid. Yours truly, .Ai.. J. WzDERBURNX, Chairman Legislative Committee Va. State Grange. WILL Th2 BoBBER~Y 07 AGBICULTUBR N~FvEi C3ASE7 WAiuNGsON, D. C., April 2.-The new tariff bill provides for a taz of ono-dourth or one cent a pound for sulphuric acid, which is $5.00 a ton, on $2.5 0 a ton on every ton of dissolved S. C. and Dissolved Bone used biy the farmers of the eours try. Or from 82.00- to S2.50 on every- t'.n of manufactured fertili zers _.used by the fanners of the land. As 2,000,000 tons are use 't means, a direct steal from the 2 1 of the conr of over $4.000,00 a, year. Mr. La Follett and Mr. Gear have stood by your inter etndrmrs endorse their action Telegraph Mr. MJcKinley, and other ahbers of the Commnitte-e to stop their outrage. Acid is now free. There is no revenue needed. There is little acid imported. The manufacturers are making mvoney. Why rob the farmers of $4, 000.000 a yea -. To( benetit 40' or 50 mianufacterers, and about 1.000 workingmnen who will receive no bater wag~es. The~re is danger in this robbery. F ::rmeXrs act. and act at once. This is no political question; it is are of aimple business. The bill will be reported in a few ihys; act at oncee. To commit this robbery upon the Americean fsrmer mneans to rob him >f ten times- as much as he will be tuetited by all the so-called protec ionl acc-ordp'd in the bill. I sp)eak by the book. Wire M-. M'-Kinley, Mr. Bayne, Jr aye an~d Mr.iDingley. Mr. Bur oughs, Mr. MceKenna. and your own opresentati-:es Camyou &. read~iy to pay $2 o $3a tun mo~re for your fertili Yours for Agriculture, ALEX. j. MEDDEBBURN. Chairman Legi.lativ e Committee a. State Grange. In States where fertilz-rs are not sed, remember your brother famrers rho are compelled to use~ this article. hey may servo y'u ainother time. ~-The R~ev. Jctia Gass. of Augdsta5 ra.. has eccept:-d the rail to be as Mau re'-ter of G:race4 Chech, Char-.